References to the "company," "Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corporation"
"our," "us" or "we" refer to Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corporation. The
following discussion and analysis of the company's financial condition and
results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set
forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties.
In this Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corporation (the "Company"), we are restating
our audited financial statements as of December 31, 2020, and for the period
from October 7, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020.
On April 12, 2021, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC
Staff") issued a public statement entitled "Staff Statement on Accounting and
Reporting Considerations for Warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition
Companies ("SPACs")" (the "SEC Staff Statement"). In the SEC Staff Statement,
the SEC Staff expressed its view that certain terms and conditions common to
SPAC warrants may require the warrants to be classified as liabilities on the
SPAC's balance sheet as opposed to equity. Since issuance on December 11, 2020,
our warrants were accounted for as equity within our balance sheet, and after
discussion and evaluation, including with our independent registered public
accounting firm and our audit committee, and taking into consideration the SEC
Staff Statement, we have concluded that our warrants should be presented as
liabilities with subsequent fair value remeasurement.
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As a result of the foregoing, on May 5, 2021, the Audit Committee of the
Company, in consultation with its management, concluded that its previously
issued Financial Statements for the period beginning with the period from
October 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 (collectively, the
"Affected Periods") should be restated because of a misapplication in the
guidance around accounting for our outstanding warrants to purchase Class A
ordinary shares (the "Warrants") and should no longer be relied upon.
Historically, the Warrants were reflected as a component of equity as opposed to
liabilities on the balance sheet and the statement of operations did not include
the subsequent non-cash changes in estimated fair value of the Warrants, based
on our application of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting
Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, Contracts
in Entity's Own Equity ("ASC 815-40). The views expressed in the SEC Staff
Statement were not consistent with the Company's historical interpretation of
the specific provisions within its warrant agreements and the Company's
application of ASC 815-40 to the warrant agreements. We reassessed our
accounting for Warrants issued on December 11, 2020, in light of the SEC Staff's
published views. Based on this reassessment, we determined that the Warrants
should be classified as liabilities measured at fair value upon issuance, with
subsequent changes in fair value reported in our Statement of Operations each
reporting period.
Our accounting for the Warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative
liabilities did not have any effect on our previously reported revenue,
operating expenses, operating income, cash flows or cash.
In connection with the restatement, our management reassessed the effectiveness
of our disclosure controls and procedures for the periods affected by the
restatement. As a result of that reassessment, we determined that our disclosure
controls and procedures for such periods were not effective with respect to the
classification of the Company's warrants as components of equity instead of as
derivative liabilities. For more information, see Item 9A included in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported
for these periods is superseded by the information in this Amendment No. 1, and
the financial statements and related financial information contained in such
previously filed reports should no longer be relied upon.
The restatement is more fully described in Note 2 of the notes to the financial
statements included herein.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K including, without limitation, statements regarding our
financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management
for future operations, are forward looking statements. When used in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K, words such as "may," "should," "could," "would," "expect,"
"plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such
terms or other similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management,
identify forward looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to
such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other
SEC filings. Such forward looking statements are based on the beliefs of
management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available
to, our management. No assurance can be given that results in any
forward-looking statement will be achieved and actual results could be affected
by one or more factors, which could cause them to differ materially. The
cautionary statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K should be read as
being applicable to all forward-looking statements whenever they appear in this
Annual Report. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor
for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by
the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our
filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements
attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their
entirety by this paragraph.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on October 7, 2020 as a Cayman Islands
exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with
one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this Annual
Report on Form 10-K as our initial business combination. We have generated no
operating revenues to date and we do not expect that we will generate operating
revenues until we consummate our initial business combination. Our Sponsor is
Frazier Lifesciences Sponsor LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted limited company.
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The registration statement for our Initial Public Offering was declared
effective on December 8, 2020. On December 11, 2020, we consummated the Initial
Public Offering of 13,800,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating gross
proceeds of $138 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately
$8.11 million, inclusive of approximately $4.83 million in deferred underwriting
commissions. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of
one redeemable warrant. Each whole public warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to
adjustment.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated
the private placement of 501,000 private placement units at a price of $10.00
per private placement unit to the sponsor, generating gross proceeds of
approximately $5.01 million. Each private placement unit is identical to the
public units sold in the Initial Public Offering, subject to certain limited
exceptions.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and private placement,
$138 million of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of
the proceeds of the private placement were placed in a trust account, located in
the United States at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will only be invested in U.S.
government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the
Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended
investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us
meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of
the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the
completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the assets
held in the trust account. Our management has broad discretion with respect to
the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and
the private placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are
intended to be applied toward consummating a business combination.
If we are unable to complete a business combination within 24 months from the
closing of the Initial Public Offering, or December 11, 2022, we will (i) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as
reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the
public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the
funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay for our
income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses),
divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will
completely extinguish public shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the
right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to
applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such
redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board
of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal
dissolution of our company, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman
Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other
applicable law.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2020, we had approximately $1.4 million in cash and working
capital of approximately $1.6 million.
Our liquidity needs up to December 31, 2020 had been satisfied through a
contribution of $25,000 from our sponsor to cover for certain expenses on behalf
of us in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares, the loan of
approximately $83,000 pursuant to the note issued to our sponsor, and the
proceeds from the consummation of the private placement not held in the trust
account. We fully repaid the note to our sponsor on December 14, 2020. In
addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business
combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor, or certain of our
officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us working capital
loans. To date, there were no amounts outstanding under any working capital
loan.
Based on the foregoing, management believes that it will have sufficient working
capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the
consummation of a business combination or one year from this filing. Over this
time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable,
identifying and evaluating prospective initial business combination candidates,
performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel
expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and
structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has
concluded that the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of
the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Results of Operations
All activity up to December 31, 2020 was in preparation for our formation, the
Initial Public Offering and, since the closing of our Initial Public Offering, a
search for business combination candidates. We will not be generating any
operating revenues until the closing and completion of our business combination.
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For the period from October 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, we
had net income of approximately $41,000 which consisted of approximately
$620,000 from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and
approximately $1,000 of income from our investments held in the trust account
partially offset by financing costs of approximately $ 451,000, approximately
$121,000 in general and administrative expenses and approximately $7,000 of
related party administrative fees, .
As a result of the restatement described in Note 2 of the notes to the financial
statements included herein, we classify the warrants issued in connection with
our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as liabilities at their fair
value and adjust the warrant instruments to fair value at each reporting period.
These liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until
exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of
operations. For the period from October 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31,
2020, the change in fair value of warrants was a decrease of $619,710, resulting
in an unrealized gain.
Offering Costs Associate with the Initial Public Offering
Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs
incurred through the Initial Public Offer that were directly related to the
Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial
instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value
basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with
warrant liabilities are expensed as incurred, presented as non-operating
expenses in the statement of operations. Offering costs associated with the
Class A ordinary shares were charged to stockholders' equity upon the completion
of the Initial Public Offering.
Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On October 7, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000 to cover certain expenses and
offering costs on our behalf in consideration of 2,875,000 Class B ordinary
shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Prior to the consummation of the Initial
Public Offering, our sponsor transferred 30,000 founder shares to each of our
directors other than the Chairman, as adjusted by the share sub-division. On
December 8, 2020, we effected a share sub-division,resulting in there being an
aggregate of 3,450,000 founder shares outstanding. The founder shares will
automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial
business combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions. Our
sponsor had agreed to forfeit up to 450,000 founder shares to the extent that
the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriters. On
December 10, 2020, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full;
thus, these founder shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.
The initial shareholders agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer,
assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earlier to occur of:
(A) one year after the completion of the initial business combination or
(B) subsequent to the initial business combination, (x) if the last sale price
of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted
for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the
like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at
least 150 days after the initial business combination, or (y) the date on which
we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction
that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their
ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Private Placement Units
Concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, our sponsor
purchased 501,000 private placement units at a price of $10.00 per private
placement unit, generating proceeds of approximately $5.01 million in the
private placement.
The private placement units are substantially similar to the public units,
except for certain differences in the warrants included in the private placement
units. Unlike the public warrants, the private warrants, if held by the sponsor
or its permitted transferees, (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless
basis, (ii) are not subject to being called for redemption (except in certain
circumstances when the public warrants are called for redemption and a certain
price per Class A Ordinary Share threshold is met) and (iii) are subject to
certain limited exceptions including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon
exercise of the private placement warrants, will be subject to transfer
restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the initial business
combination. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than
the sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be
redeemable by us in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by holders on the
same basis as the public warrants. The private placement warrants have been
issued pursuant to the private placement units purchase agreement and the
private placement warrants are governed by the warrant agreement.
Our sponsor agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or
sell any of its private placement units until 30 days after the completion of
the initial business combination.
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Related Party Loans
On October 7, 2020, our sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000
to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a
promissory note (the "Note"). This loan was non-interest bearing and payable on
the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the completion of the Initial Public
Offering. Our sponsor paid an aggregate of approximately $83,000 to cover for
expenses on our behalf under the Note. On December 14, 2020, we repaid the note
in full.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business
combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor, or certain of our
officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be
required. If we complete a business combination, we would repay the working
capital loans out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us.
Otherwise, the working capital loans would be repaid only out of funds held
outside the trust account. In the event that a business combination is not
completed, we may use a portion of the proceeds held outside the trust account
to repay the working capital loans but no proceeds held in the trust account
would be used to repay the working capital loans. Except for the foregoing, the
terms of such working capital loans, if any, have not been determined and no
written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The working capital loans
would either be repaid upon consummation of a business combination, without
interest, or, at the lender's discretion, up to $1.5 million of such working
capital loans may be convertible into units of the post business combination
entity at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units would be identical to the
private placement units. To date, we had no outstanding borrowings under any
working capital loans under this arrangement.
Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering in December 2020
through the earlier of our consummation of a business combination and our
liquidation, we agreed to pay our sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for
office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We
recognized approximately $7,000 in expenses in connection with the
aforementioned arrangements with the related parties on the Statement of
Operations for the period from October 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31,
2020, respectively. There was approximately $7,000 included in accrued expenses
as of December 31, 2020.
Private Placement of Ordinary Shares
Our sponsor has indicated an interest to purchase up to an aggregate of
2,500,000 of our Class A ordinary shares (for $10.00 per share or $25 million in
the aggregate) in a private placement that would occur concurrently with the
consummation of our initial business combination. The capital from such private
placement would be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in our
initial business combination, and any excess capital from such private placement
would be used for working capital in the post-transaction company. However,
because indications of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to
purchase, our sponsor may determine not to purchase any such shares, or to
purchase fewer shares than it has indicated an interest in purchasing. We are
not under any obligation to sell any such shares. Such investment would be made
on terms and conditions determined at the time of the business combination.
Critical Accounting Policy
This management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results
of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements
requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities in our financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we
evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of
financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical
experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to
be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for
making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are
not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these
estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the
following as our critical accounting policies:
Investments Held in the Trust Account
Our portfolio of investments held in the trust account is comprised of U.S.
government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the
Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in
money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities, or a combination
thereof. The investments held in the trust account are classified as trading
securities, which are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of
each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value
of investments held in trust account are included in gain on marketable
securities, dividends and interest held in trust account in the statement of
operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in trust account are
determined using available market information, other than for investments in
open-ended money market funds with published daily net asset values ("NAV"), in
which case the company uses NAV as a practical expedient to fair value. The NAV
on these investments is typically held constant at $1.00 per unit.
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Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in
accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 "Distinguishing Liabilities from
Equity." Shares of Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if
any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value.
Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A
ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the
control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain
events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all
other times, shares of Class A ordinary shares are classified as shareholders'
equity. Our Class A ordinary shares features certain redemption rights that are
considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of
uncertain future events. Accordingly, at December 31, 2020, 12,246,192 shares of
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented as
temporary equity, outside of the shareholders' equity section of the
accompanying unaudited balance sheet.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share
We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260,
"Earnings Per Share." Net income (loss) per ordinary share is computed by
dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the period. We have not considered the effect of the warrants
sold in the Initial Public Offering and private placement to purchase an
aggregate of 4,767,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares in the calculation of
diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under
the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted per ordinary share is the same
as basic loss per ordinary share for the period presented.
Our statement of operations include a presentation of income per share for
ordinary shares subject to redemption in a manner similar to the two-class
method of income per share. Net income per share, basic and diluted for Class A
ordinary shares is calculated by dividing the investment income earned on the
trust account, net of applicable income and franchise taxes, by the weighted
average number of shares of Class A ordinary shares outstanding since the
initial issuance. Net income per share, basic and diluted for Class B ordinary
shares is calculated by dividing the net income, less income attributable to
Class A ordinary shares, by the weighted average number of shares of Class B
ordinary shares outstanding for the period.
Derivative Warrant liabilities
We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or
foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including
issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives
or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480
and ASC 815-15. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether
such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed
at the end of each reporting period.
We issued 4,600,000 warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares to investors in
our Initial Public Offering and issued 167,000 Private Placement Warrants. All
of our outstanding warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in
accordance with ASC 815-40. Accordingly, we recognize the warrant instruments as
liabilities at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each
reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance
sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our
statement of operations. The fair value of warrants issued in connection with
the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement have been measured at fair
value using a Monte Carlo simulation model.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective,
accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material impact on
our unaudited financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as
defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments
or contractual obligations.
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Contractual Obligations
Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of founder shares, private placement units and warrants that may be
issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, will be entitled to
registration rights (in the case of the founder shares, only after conversion of
such shares into Class A ordinary shares) pursuant to a registration and
shareholder rights agreement to be entered into upon consummation of the Initial
Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and
"piggyback" registration and shareholder rights. However, the registration and
shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration
statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until the
termination of the applicable lock-up period for the securities to be
registered. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of
any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
We granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the final
prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 1,800,000
additional units to cover over-allotments, if any, at $10.00 per unit, less
underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters exercised this option
in full on December 11, 2020.
The underwriters were entitled to underwriting discounts of $0.20 per unit, or
approximately $2.76 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the
Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per unit, or approximately
$4.83 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred
underwriting commissions. The deferred underwriting commissions will become
payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the trust account solely in
the event that we complete a business combination, subject to the terms of the
underwriting agreement.
JOBS Act
On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS
Act") was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other
things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We
will qualify as an "emerging growth company" and under the JOBS Act will be
allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the
effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to
delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we
may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on
which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies.
As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply
with public company effective dates.
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